EP0994813B1 - Fluid package with self-contained straw - Google Patents
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- EP0994813B1 EP0994813B1 EP98942525A EP98942525A EP0994813B1 EP 0994813 B1 EP0994813 B1 EP 0994813B1 EP 98942525 A EP98942525 A EP 98942525A EP 98942525 A EP98942525 A EP 98942525A EP 0994813 B1 EP0994813 B1 EP 0994813B1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
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- B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
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- B65D75/5872—Non-integral spouts
- B65D75/5883—Non-integral spouts connected to the package at the sealed junction of two package walls
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
- B65D77/22—Details
- B65D77/24—Inserts or accessories added or incorporated during filling of containers
- B65D77/28—Cards, coupons, or drinking straws
- B65D77/283—Cards, coupons, or drinking straws located initially inside the container, whereby the straw is revealed only upon opening the container, e.g. pop-up straws
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D2575/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
- B65D2575/52—Details
- B65D2575/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
- B65D2575/583—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture the non-integral spout having an elongate cross-sectional shape, e.g. canoe or boat shaped
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- This patent application relates to pouches used as packaging for fluids preferably for soft drinks, which pouches have a tamperproof integrated straw disposed therewith. More particularly, this invention is an improvement to the DOY-PAKTM stand-up pouch.
- EP-A-0 661 208 discloses a container provided with a closure having a boat-shaped base sealingly secured between two seal lips formed by the container walls along an edge of the container. Repeated use of such a container is not explicitly contemplated.
- EP-A-0 675 050 discloses a re-usable closure for use by the customer.
- the closure has a sleeve which is able to be removably and sealingly secured on a sealed pouch, and a mouthpiece provided with a wall-perforation means can be inserted into the sleeve and through the pouch wall.
- the use of this device is complicated for the customer, and the reliability of the leak-tightness between the sleeve and the pouch wall is questionable.
- a closure for a pouch for a fluid, in particular a beverage said closure having a body provided with a through-bore for dispensing said fluid from the pouch and being surrounded by a peripheral attachment face for permanent sealed attachment to the periphery of an aperture in said pouch during manufacturing of the pouch, wherein said body comprises a base which protrudes radially outwardly from at least one tubular portion of said body, and said peripheral attachment face is formed around said base, characterized in that said base has a mounting bore which is wider than at least part of said through-bore, and at least part of said tubular portion is a removable tubular part which is removably secured in said wider bore of the base, thereby to be extractable from said base and re-insertable in said base from an outer side of said closure, whereby upon removal of said tubular part, said wider bore is available for fluid flow through the closure for cleaning and refilling purposes.
- the invention has at least one of the following results :
- FIGURE 1 a typical self-supporting pouch structure 80 having a bag portion 82 disposed beneath a heat or sonic sealable upper edge 81, formed of two members or lips 81A and 81B.
- Members 81A and B are sealed around a closure 10.
- This closure 10 comprises a one piece fitment 11 having a boat shaped base 12, having a point at each end 17A, 17B, with the two sides 13, 15 depending linearly outwardly from a first point, to a maximum amount, then curving around and then inwardly again a similar amount toward and to the opposite point.
- Base 12 also has an upper surface 23 and a lower surface 25.
- the device 10 is deemed a closure because in a sense it closes off the pouch which is heat sealed or otherwise sealed against it.
- each lip 81A or 81B extends along and adjacent one respective side 13 or 15 from one point 17A to the other 17B.
- Each point 17A or 17B is an edge which is generally transverse to the longitudinal direction of the pouch edge along which the lips 81A and 81B extend.
- Each point 17A, 17B is at an acute angle and coincides with one of the transition lines 18A, 18B between one of the regions where the lips 81A, 81B are directly adjacent to each other and the region where they are separated from each other by the base.
- the latter region is situated between two regions where the lips are adjacent to each other along a same sealing line of the pouch.
- the base includes integrated uniform outward extending ribs 19A and 19B which extend linearly from the upper and lower surfaces respectively, and at least one intermediate rib 21 spaced from the top and bottom ribs.
- a stem 31 is mounted to the fitment 11, and said stem is closed off by a cover 32 comprising a cap 33 and a flexible handle 35 attached to both the stem 31 and cap 33.
- Stem 31 can be formed as an integrally molded member as here, or may be a separate member as will be discussed with respect to a second embodiment involving a two piece fitment.
- the stem 31 has a central throughbore 34 which communicates with a preferably similar cross section throughbore 36 of the base 12. Either throughbore may be of greater diameter than the other without affecting the operability of the structure, though preferably they are of the same cross section.
- a tubular bucal mouthpiece 37 extends upwardly from the stem 31, a suitable amount as to be comfortable to the average person, usually about 25mm to 40mm, and is of an external cross section substantially egual to the cross section of the throughbore 34. That way there is no impediment to fluid flow from within the pouch 80 seen in FIGURE 1.
- Stem 31 preferably has a tapered upper edge 40, shown designated in FIGURE 3.
- Cap 33 is seen to have a recessed area 39 sized in cross section slightly smaller than the mouthpiece 37 in order to snugly and leak-tightly receive the mouthpiece therein as is depicted in FIGURE 2 under a slight elastic expansion of the cap. While conveniently shown as being of a circular cross section, bores 34, 36 and recess 39 could be square or hexagon or some other shape as may be desired. Cap 33 may have an opposite taper lower edge (lower edge when seen in the operative position of inversion). Such tapered edge is designated 42, also in FIGURE 2.
- FIGURE 2 the mouthpiece 37 is seen in dashed lines, here in FIGURE 3, it is readily seen.
- Mouthpiece 37 has a central bore 38, that is in fluid communication with aligned bore 34 and bore 36 of the base. These three bores form the path of travel from the pouch up to the mouth of the user, not seen.
- FIGURE 4 is a view similar to FIGURE 3, but for the presence of the elongated tubular member 41, the bore of which is designated 43.
- the combination of the mouthpiece 37 with its hole 38, the stem 31, with this bore 34, the bore 36 in the base 12, and the elongated tubular member 41 with its bore 43, all of the bores being in fluid communication, can be considered as a straw 44, a device well known in the art.
- tubular member 41 is integrally molded with and is attached to base 12, just as the stem 31 and mouthpiece are molded therewith as a one piece unit (along with cover 32 only seen in part in this view).
- FIGURE 5 In order to reduce manufacturing costs as would be associated with a complex molded item as shown in FIGURE 4, the closures of FIGURE 5 and the variants thereof were created.
- the closure's fitment 50 is a boat shaped base 51 having a pointed leading and trailing edge 17A, 17B, similar ribs such as 19B and 21, and two sides 13, 15, each of which extends linearly diverging a finite distance from one of the pointed edges, then arcuately and then converging linearly inward the same finite amount to the second point at the opposite end of the base 51.
- Base 51 also includes a threaded throughbore 52.
- mouthpiece 57 which is a tubular member having a throughbore 58 which is in fluid communication with the bore 56, through the stem 53, which bore is seen in FIGURE 5.
- Mouthpiece 57 is preferably of a smaller cross section than stem 53 and of a suitable elevation as to be comfortable to the average mouth.
- an optional down tube 59 Extending downwardly from the threaded section of the stem 53 is an optional down tube 59 having a bore 60 in fluid communication with each of bores 58 and 56.
- Down tube 59 may be of the same or different cross section as the mouthpiece 57.
- the down tube 59 When stem 53 is threadedly engaged into the base, the down tube 59 will extend slightly beneath the lower surface 25 of the fitment.
- it can serve as a means to receive a frictionally engaged elongated tubular member of a slightly greater cross section.
- FIGURE 6 shows the presence of an elongated tubular member 61 with its bore 62.
- FIGURE 6 While shown as a friction slide on fit, it is also seen that one or more outwardly extending encircling ribs could also be put on the down tube over which the elongated tubular member would be stretched tightly to ensure a long lasting fit.
- cover and handle are seen present in FIGURE 6. Such a cover, if present, would be similar to the one discussed with respect to FIGURES 1 and 2.
- FIGURE 7 The embodiment of FIGURE 7 will be described only for its differences over that of figure 5 and 6.
- the stem 53 and mouthpiece 57 are integral with the base.
- the down tube 64 is now a separate part provided with an upper threaded flange 65 for thread engagement with a lower threaded portion 52' of the bore of the base.
- Thread portion 52' is advantageously of a larger diameter than a non-threaded upper section of bore 52 so that the down tube can be threadingly inserted into the base until abutment against the shoulder between both sections 52, 52'.
- Cap 33 is provided with an inner axial cylindrical boss 133 that sealingly engages the inner bore of mouthpiece 57, in addition to sealing engagement of the inner peripheral wall 39 of the cap 33 with the outer peripheral wall of mouthpiece 57.
- FIGURE 8 illustrates the assembled closure of FIGURE 5 or FIGURE 7, showing stem 53 with its associated mouthpiece onto the base 51. Throughbore 52 is only partially threaded.
- FIGURE 9 a variant of the embodiment of FIGURE 5 is seen. While the stem 53 threads into the base 51, no down tube 59 is present on the underside of the stem. However, the internal threads 52' are continued downwardly to the lower opening 63 on the lower surface 25 of the base 51. This permits a threaded elongated tubular member 64 similar to that of figure 7 to be threadingly engaged into threads 52' such that elongated tubular member 64 can depend downwardly into a juice or other liquid laden pouch, a portion of which is seen in FIGURE 7.
- Handle 35 and cover 32 are the same as previously disclosed with respect to FIGURES 1 and 2. Thus the recess designated the mouthpiece receiver 39 within the cap 33 of the cover is present here as well. Handle 35 is shown in a taut position in FIGURE 7 to illustrate the separation of the cap from the mouthpiece. Designator 80 is to show the environment of the pouch for the closure of this invention. As mentioned earlier the lips 81A and 81B are heat sealed together or sonically welded to the fitment base 51 of this embodiment. See FIGURE 7.
- FIGURE 10 the closure of this embodiment has three elements; namely, a base 51, a straw 71 and mouthpiece 78 assembly, and a removable stem 74 with no mouthpiece on the stem.
- the closure (69)'s fitment 70 in FIGURE 10 has a base 51 similar to the base 51 previously discussed relative to FIGURES 8 and 9, apart from the differences to be discussed hereinafter.
- the mouthpiece 78 is separated from the stem 74 and is integral with the straw 71.
- the stem 74 has a throughbore 79, centrally located to receive a connector pipe 171 coaxially connecting the mouthpiece 78 and the straw 71.
- Stem 74 is annular shaped throughout its axial length, i.e.
- Connector pipe 171 is disposed through the tubular section 75 and the opening 79 in the first section 74' of the stem 74.
- Connector pipe 171 carries exterior threads 73, at a suitable location to be engageable with lower threads 77L of the base. The straw is top insertable and is threaded into the threads 77L.
- a stop or shoulder is provided on connector pipe 171 above threads 73 about a corresponding shoulder in bore 88, thereby to ensure that the straw is not overly threaded into the threads 77L such as to pass through the base 51.
- both removable parts i.e. unit 74, 75 and unit 71, 171, 78, are both extractable and re-insertable from above, i.e. from the outer side of the pouch or outer face of the base, for cleaning and refilling purposes of the container through the wider bore 88 of the base.
- FIGURE 11 corresponds to that of figure 10 except that the base 92 has the stem 94 integrated thereon.
- the stem 94 does NOT include a mouthpiece.
- the mouthpiece 78 is integral with the straw 71 as described with reference to figure 10.
- the handle 35 and cover 32 as seen here are of like numbers to elements previously discussed and no further discussion is needed here, other than to indicate that the handle attaches in like manner to the stem as previously discussed. That is, preferably through integral molding as a one piece part.
- external threads 73 carried by the connector pipe 171 engage the internal threads 77 of the base 92.
- Mouthpiece 78 projects through the opening 79 of the top surface of the stem 94, while the balance of the straw extends downwardly beneath the stem 92 as is depicted. Note also the presence of the tapered edges 42 and 40 for a more aesthetic look, similar to those found in the FIGURE 2 embodiment.
- the containers provided with the closures of figures 5, 6 and 10 can be easily cleaned and refilled once empty, due to the possibility of removing from above all the parts of the closure which are threadingly secured to the base, thereby creating a wider access opening to the interior of the container through the bore of the base, which is wider than the bores of the mouthpiece and of the straw.
- FIGURE 11 is cheaper to make than the embodiment of FIGURE 10. But the tradeoff is that by having the stem removable in FIGURE 10's embodiment, the pouch is more readily refillable when the original supply of fluid is exhausted.
- FIGURE 12 is a perspective view to illustrate one placement of any of the embodiments of this invention shown mounted in a pouch at one corner.
- the base of the fitment would be heat sealed at this location in the same manner as the base is shown sealed into place in the pouch shown in FIGURE 7. In this view no straw or down tube is seen, thus requiring the user to raise the pouch toward the sky to access the very last drops of fluid therein.
- FIGURE 13 illustrates a corner disposition of the closure according to this invention, with the straw disposed within the pouch.
- the cover is not seen in this view for ease and convenience.
- the user need not raise the unit as high in the air to access the remnants of the contents. There is less chance for swallowing too big a gulp this way than in the embodiments having only a mouthpiece and no straw below the base member.
- the base protrudes radially with respect to the generally tubular portions of the closure, which tubular portion includes the mouthpiece, the stem, the down tube or straw.
- the base is radially compact. More specifically, the widthwise radial protrusion is limited to a minimum, taking into account the necessary material thickness around the bore of the base. And, the lengthwise radial protrusion is such that the length of the base is equal to about two to four times the width thereof, typically two and a half to three times, i.e. just enough to allow easy insertion of the closure between the pouch lips, and safe leak-tightness especially at the points of the base.
- the base being thus as compact as possible, the closure is easy to position in any convenient location of a pouch, especially adjacent a corner as shown in FIGURES 12 and 13 (unlike the device of USP 4 732 299).
- FIGURE 7 Let us return momentarily to FIGURE 7. While the discussion of that figure was based upon the use of a stem 53, which is integral with the base, it is also possible that the stem 53 and the mouthpiece 57 be a single element which is threadingly and removably secured in the upper section of the bore of the base.
- the embodiment of figure 7, either as initially described or modified as just described, can be provided with a down tube 59 intended to frictionnally receive a straw 61, as described in figure 6.
- my invention represents a significant improvement over the prior art pouch 110 shown in FIGURES 14 and 15.
- the little opening 111 sometimes can not be punctured by the straw 112 seen on the other side of this pouch, and the straw sometimes separates from the pouch. None of these problems can happen with any of the embodiments of my invention.
- figure 5 can be modified so that an integral straw is provided as an extension of down tube 59 and a cap such as 32 of figure 1 is integrally connected by its handle 35 to stem portion 53.
- the wider part of the bore of the base could be the upper part thereof, so as to enable the removable tubular part, including the straw 71 (or the internal tube such as 64 of figure 7), the connector tube 171 and the mouthpiece 78, to be extracted and reinserted from outside the pouch for cleaning and refilling purposes.
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- to provide said closure with a straw thereon;
- to allow said closure to be positioned at various locations on the pouch, including top, side, and angularly between the top and side;
- to provide said pouch closure with an integrated cap;
- to provide said pouch closure with a bucal mouthpiece and/or an integrated cover over the mouthpiece.
- easy manufacturing of the closure due to multi-part structure of the closure;
- possibility of easy cleaning and refilling, especially at home, thanks to part of the tubular portion being extractable and reinsertable from and into the base from outside the pouch, whereby the container is re-usable by the customer for any purpose once initial fluid is exhausted.
- easy mounting at a local position along a seal line of a pouch, this position being intermediate between two aligned sealed sections along an edge of the pouch, or being aligned along one end of a sealed edge, or else being the main part of the length of a short oblique corner edge;
- safe sealing thanks to pointed base ends of the closure which each coincide with a transition line between a region where two pouch lips are sealed together and a region where the closure base is sealingly inserted between the lips; For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be made to the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.
- FIGURES 1-4 are directed to a first embodiment which
does not fall within the scope of the appended claims :
- FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the first embodiment showing a closure comprising a one piece fitment' horizontally mounted with the cap in place and no straw.
- FIGURE 2 is a similar view to FIGURE 1 wherein the fitment is angularly disposed on a pouch.
- FIGURE 3 is a close-up plan view of the fitment as in FIGURE 1, but with the cap removed.
- FIGURE 4 is a view similar to FIGURE 3 of a one piece fitment with an integrated straw attached thereto.
- FIGURES 5-13 show embodiments of the invention :
- FIGURE 5 is an exploded perspective view of the closure in a second embodiment which is part of this invention, wherein the mouthpiece is integral with a straw, forming a unit that carries a stopper member and extends through the fitment.
- FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of the embodiment of figure 5 in the assembled condition;
- FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of a clear pouch with a third embodiment of the closure according to the invention shown horizontally disposed at a corner of the pouch, with the cap removed from the mouthpiece, and the removable straw disposed downwardly from the fitment.
- FIGURE 8 is a top perspective view showing the two pieces of the closure engaged.
- FIGURE 9 is a bottom plan view of the closure shown in FIGURE 7, without its straw.
- FIGURE 10 is a perspective view, partially cutaway, of a three piece closure consisting of a fitment, a removably insertable stem, and a separate straw and mouthpiece unit.
- FIGURE 11 is a perspective view, also partially cutaway, of another two piece closure consisting of a fixed stem integral with the base, and a threadably engageable straw and mouthpiece unit.
- FIGURE 12 shows an angular disposition of a closure according to this invention, which closure is without a straw.
- FIGURE 13 is a cutaway view showing an angularly disposed closure according to the invention with a straw.
- FIGURES 14 and 15 show prior art embodiments :
- FIGURE 14 is a rear elevational view of a prior art pouch with a straw externally mounted thereon; and
- FIGURE 15 is a front elevational view.
In FIGURE 1 a typical self-supporting
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- A closure (49) for a pouch for a fluid, in particular a beverage, said closure having a body provided with a through-bore (58) for dispensing said fluid from the pouch (82) and being surrounded by a peripheral attachment face (13, 15) for sealed attachment to the periphery of an aperture in said pouch during manufacturing of the pouch, wherein said body comprises a base (12, 50) which protrudes radially outwardly from at least one tubular portion (41, 31, 37; 49, 53, 57; 64, 65; 71, 74, 78) of said body, and said peripheral attachment face is formed around said base, characterized in that said base has a mounting bore (52, 77) which is wider than at least part of said through-bore, and at least part of said tubular portion is a removable tubular part (49; 64, 65; 74, 75; 71, 78, 171) which is removably secured in said wider bore of the base, thereby to be extractable from said base and re-insertable in said base from an outer side of said closure, whereby upon removal of said tubular part, said wider bore is available for fluid flow through the closure for cleaning and refilling purposes.
- A closure according to claim 1, wherein said base is boat-shaped so as to be sealingly insertable between two sealed-attachment lips (81A, 81B) of a seal edge line of said pouch.
- A closure according to claim 2, wherein the boat-shaped base (12) has a point (17A, 17B) at each end with the two sides (13, 15) depending outwardly in opposite directions from a first point (17A) to a maximum amount, then curving around and inwardly a similar amount to the second point (17B).
- A closure according to one of claims 1-3, wherein said peripheral attachment face has at least one circumferentially extending rib (19A, 19B, 21).
- A closure according to one of claims 1-3, wherein said peripheral attachment face has a series of parallel, circumferentially extending ribs (19A, 19B, 21).
- A closure according to one of claims 1-5, wherein said at least one tubular portion extends outwardly of said pouch, with respect to the base, and said closure comprises a removable cover (32) which is engageable onto said tubular portion by a substantially axial movement.
- A closure according to claim 6, wherein the cover (32) comprises a cap (33) and a flexible handle (35), said handle (35) being attached to said tubular portion (31) and said cap (33).
- A closure according to one of claims 1-7, wherein said at least one tubular portion comprises an internal tubular portion in the form of a plunger tube or straw (41, 61, 64, 71) intended to dip into the fluid contained in the pouch.
- A closure according to one of claims 1-7, wherein said at least one tubular portion comprises an internal tubular portion (60) intended for frictional fitting of a plunger tube or straw (61) dipping into the fluid contained in the pouch.
- A closure according to one of claims 1-7, wherein said tubular portion comprises a bucal mouthpiece (37, 57, 78).
- A closure according to claim 10, wherein a stem (31, 53, 74) is provided between said base and said mouthpiece.
- The closure (10) of claim 11, wherein the section of the stem (31) distant from the base (12) is chamfered.
- A closure according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the stem (53) is integral with the mouthpiece (57).
- A closure according to one of claims 11-13, wherein the stem is furthermore integral with an internal tubular portion (59, 71) in the form of at least part of a plunger tube or straw.
- A closure according to one of claims 10-13, wherein said removable part also comprises an internal tubular portion (59, 71) in the form of at least part of a plunger tube or straw.
- A closure according to claim 15, wherein said mouthpiece (57; 78) and said internal tubular portion (59; 71) are integrally connected to each other.
- A closure according to claim 16, wherein said mouthpiece and said internal tubular portion are connected to each other by a connector pipe (171) extending through said base and through a stem (74, 94) provided axially between the base and the mouthpiece.
- A closure according to claim 17, wherein the stem (94) is integral with the base (92).
- A closure according to claim 17, wherein the stem (74) is removably mounted in the wider bore (88), separately from the mouthpiece (78).
- A closure according to claim 19, wherein the stem (74) is secured in an external section (77U) of the wider bore (88) and the connector pipe (171) is secured in an internal section (77L) of the wider bore.
- A closure according to anyone of claims 1-20, wherein the removable tubular part (49; 64, 65; 74, 75; 78, 171, 71; 73) is threadingly secured to the base.
- A container comprising a closure according to one of claims 1-21 and a pouch, with the peripheral face (13, 15) of the base (12) of the closure being sealingly attached to the periphery of an aperture provided through the pouch.
- A container according to claim 22, wherein the pouch (82) has two side walls which are terminated by two adjacent lips (81A, 81B) along at least one edge of said pouch, said lips being sealingly attached to each other along said edge except along a region, corresponding to the aperture, of the length of said edge, the base (12, 51, 92) of said closure being inserted between said lips in said aperture, with a first part (13) of said peripheral face of the base being sealingly attached to a first one (81A) of said lips and a second part (15) of said peripheral face of the base being sealingly attached to a second one (81B) of said lips.
- A container according to claim 23, wherein the peripheral face (13, 15) of the base forms two opposed points (17A, 17B) each of which substantially coincides with a respective transition line (18A, 18B) between a respective edge portion of the pouch where both lips (81A, 81B) are directly attached to each other and the aperture region where both lips (81A, 81B) are separated from each other by the base of the closure.
- A container according to one of claims 22-24, wherein the pouch is a self-supporting stand-up pouch.
- A container according to one of claims 22-25, wherein said edge of the pouch is an obliquely disposed upper-to-side corner edge of the pouch.
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